Shaneika Johnson-Simms & Raphael Boamah-Asare

A New Day was commissioned by Adjust Your Set for their Youth State Project. By Asare Simms.

Shaneika Johnson-Simms and Raphael Boamah-Asare met while on the BA (Hons) Media Practice course, now renamed BA (Hons) Film Practice at LCC. They formed a collaborative partnership Asare Simms and have produced several films together. Most notably, they were recently commissioned by Adjust Your Set to work on their Youth State research project, which explores the issue of identity among young people.

What did you study at LCC and what year did you graduate?

We did the FdA Media Practice course and BA (Hons) Media Practice Top-Up, graduated in 2015.

Where are you from in the world?

S: I’m from North London.R: I was born in Amsterdam and raised in the UK from the age of three.

What are your fondest memories of LCC?

S: Pitching my script ideas and having to compete to have them go ahead. It taught me that you have to really know what you want to communicate with your story and how you plan on doing it in every aspect. R: Each time I worked on a major project and meeting my business partner Shan.